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THE 


GENERAL  MILITARY  HOSPITAL 


FOR   THE 


NORTH  CAROLINA  TROOPS 


IN 


PETERSBURG  VIRGINIA. 


RALEIGH: 

STROTHER  &  MARCOM   BOOK  AND  JOB  PRINTERS. 
1861. 


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THE 


GENERAL  MILITARY  HOSPITAL 


FOR   THE 


NORTH  CAROLINA  TROOPS 


IN 


PETERSBURG  VIRGINIA. 


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RALEIGH: 

STROTHER  &  MARCOM  BOOK  AND  JOB  PRINTERS. 
1861. 


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GENERAL  MILITARY  HOSPITAL. 


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The  General  Military  Hospital  for  the  North  Car- 
olina Troops,  in  Petersburg,  Virginia,  is  situated  on 
Perry  street,  within  a  few  yards  of  the  Southern  Eail 
Eoad,  and  is  one  of  the  most  convenient  and  comforta- 
ble Military  Hospitals  in  the  country.  The  building 
is  three  stories  in  height,  each  story  or  floor  being 
divided  into  wards.  It  is  provided  with  suitable  heating 
apparalus,  and  the  windows  are  arranged  for  lowering 
or  hoisting.  Each  ward  is  lighted  by  gas  ;  hot  and  cold 
water  carried  over  the  Hospital,  into  the  kitchen,  the 
bathing  rooms  and  other  places,  on  each  floor,  and  into 
the  laundry  in  the  yard.  Suitable  arrangements  have 
also  been  made  for  conveying  patients  from  one  floor  to 
another  without  being  carried  up  and  down  the  stairs 
by  hand. 

The  Hospital  can  be  easily  reached  by  means  of  an 
Ambulance  Car,  which  will  be  run  across  the  city  of 
Richmond  connecting  the  Central  and  Fredericksburg 
Railroads,  which  transport  the  sick  and  wounded  from 
the  armies  on  the  Potomac  and  in  Western  Virginia, 
with  the  Richmond  and  Petersburg  Roads,  running 
within  thirty-five  yards  of  the  Hospital  door;  while 
those  from  the  Peninsula!  and  from  the  south  side  of 
James  River,  can  readily  get  to  Petersburg  along  the 
different  routs  of  travel  from  those  places. 

The  affairs  of  this  Hospital  will  be  under  the  gen- 
eral management  and  supervision  of  the  Governor  of 


North  Carolina,  and  the  Surgeon  General  of  the  State, 
as  an  Executivee  Committe,  who  shall  have  power  to 
select  and  discharge  all  the  officers  and  attendants 
required  for  the  Hospital  and  Hospital  Depots ;  to  re- 
caive  and  apply  any  contributions  of  money  or  other 
things  intended  for  the  use  of  the  North  Carolina  volun- 
teers or  Hospital ;  and  to  do  everything  necessary  to 
carry  out  the  objects  contemplated  by  establishing  this 
Hospital. 

First. — They  shall  apply  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
and  Surgeon  General  of  the  Confederate  States  for  the 
appointment  of  such  Surgeons  and  assistant  Surgeons 
and  Dressers  as  they  may  select. 

Second. — They  shall  apply  for  the  necessary  medical 
supplies  for  this  Hospital. 

Third. — They  shall  apply  for  rations  for  the  soldiers 
in  Hospital,  and  such  of  the  employees  of  the  Hospital 
as  are  allowed  rations  under  the  rules  and  regulations 
of  the  Confederate  States  Army. 

Fourth. — They  shall  obtain  transportation  for  Hos- 
pital Stores,  forwarded  for  the  use  of  the  Hospital,  or 
any  of  the  North  Carolina  Volunteers  in  Virginia,  and 
also  for  all  persons  employed  in  carrying  out  properly 
the  objects  of  this  institution. 

And  in  turn  it  shall  be  their  duty  to  furnish  to  the 
War  Department  any  report  or  information  relative  to 
the  patients  and  expenditures  that  may  be  asked  for ; 
and  to  publish  from  time  to  time  such  statements  of 
the  transactions  of  the  Hospital  as  they  may  deem  ad- 
visable, or  shall  be  called  for  by  authority,  either  for 
the  information  of  the  State,  the  Medical  and  War 
Departments  of  the  Confederate  States,  Contributors,or 
for  the  benefit  of  the  Volunteers. 

It  shall  also  be  their  duty  to  extend  the  benefits  of 


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this  Hospital  to  the  Volunteers  of  any  other  State  when 
they  can  do  so  without  excluding  those  from  North 
Carolina. 

NUMBER  OF  OFFICERS  AND  EMPLOYEES. 

One  Surgeon-in-Chief,  (commissioned  ;)  two  or  three 
Assistant  Surgeons,  (commissioned  ;)  one  Apothecary  ; 
one  Secretary  and  Clerk  ;  one  Steward  and  Treasurer  ; 
one  Matron  and  two  or  three  assistants;  three  or  four 
Medical  Students  as  dressers,  &c;  Nurses,  Servants, 
Cooks,  and  Washers,  as  many  as  may  he  required. 

DUTIES  OF  THE  HOSPITAL  OFFICERS. 

SURGEON-IX-CHIEF. 

1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  ot  the  chief  Surgeon  to  super- 
intend and  direct  the  medical  and  surgical  treatment  of 
the  patients,  and  to  keep  the  Executive  Committee  in- 
formed of  all  requisitions  necessary  for  these  purposes. 
He  will  distribute  the  patients,  according  to  convenience 
and  the  nature  of  their  complaints,  into  wards  or  divis- 
ions, under  the  particular  charge  of  the  assistant  Surge- 
ons,and  will  visit  them  himself  each  day,  as  frequently  as 
the  sick  or  wounded  may  require,  accompanied  by  the 
Assistant  Surgeons,  Dressers  and  Nurses. 

2.  His  prescriptions  of  medicine  and  diet  are  daily 
to  be  written  down  in  a  register,  with  the  name  of  the 
patient  and  number  of  the  bed  ;  and  the  Assistant  Sur- 
geons or  Dressers,  in  his  absence,  will  see  that  the  di- 
rections are  carried  out. 

3.  He  will  enforce  the  proper  Hospital  regulations 
to  promote  health  and  prevent  contagion,  by  having 
well  ventilated  and  not  over  crowded  rooms,  scrupu- 
lous cleanliness,  changes  of  bed  linen,  &c. 

4.  All  the  employees  of  the  Hospital  will  be  under 


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his  orders ;  and  he  will  carefully  see  to  the  keeping  of 
the  following  records  :  a  register  of  patients ;  a  pre- 
scription and  diet  book ;  a  case  book ;  copies  of  his 
requisitions;  monthly  returns  of  sick  and  wounded  ; 
an  order  and  letter  book,  in  which  will  be  transcribed 
all  orders  and  letters  relating  to  his  duties. 

ASSISTANT    SURGEONS. 

The  Assistant  Surgeons  shall  be  under  the  control 
and  direcf  ion  of  the  Chief  Surgeon,  and  in  like  manner 
subject  to  remov.al.  They  shall  see  that  subordinate 
officers  do  their  duty,  and  aid  in  enforcing  the  regula- 
tions of  the  Hospital. 

They  must  not  leave  the  Hospital  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  chief  Surgeon,  and  one  or  the  other  of  them 
must  always  be  there  when  the  chief  Surgeon  is  ab- 
sent. 

APOTHECARY. 

The  Apothecary  must  be  a  competent  man,  approved 
by  the  Chief  Surgeon,  and  appointed  by  the  Executive 
Committee. 

His  duty  is  to  dispense  the  medicines  and  put  up  the 
prescriptions  of  the  surgeons. 

He  must  remain  in  the  Hospital  building  day  and 
night,  so  as  to  be  always  at  hand  to  discharge  the 
proper  duties  of  his  office. 

RESIDENT   STUDENTS   OR   DRESSERS. 

There  may  be  appointed  by  the  Executive  Committee 
four  medical  students  (commissioned)  who  >diall  have 
attended  at  least  one  full  course  of  lectures  in  a  regular 
medical  college,  and  who  shall  perform  the  duties  of 
dressers  or  assistants,  to  the  surgeons  and  apothecary. 


They  are  never  to  leave  the  Hospital  without  the 
consent  of  the  Chief  Surgeon,  or  Executive  Committee. 
They  shall  be  allowed  hoard  and  washing  in  the  Hospital. 

SECRETARY   AND   CLERK. 

The  Secretary  and  Clerk  shall  keep  a  full  record 
of  every  patient  admitted  into  and  discharged  from  the 
Hospital — showing  his  name,  age,  nativity  and  disease 
or  injury ;  also  the  company  and  regiment  to  which  he 
belongs. 

He  shall  make  a  memorandum  of  any  money,  cloth- 
ing, or  other  articles  delivered  to  him  by  the  patients, 
and  hand  the  same  to  the  Treasurer  or  Steward  for 
safe  keeping,  and  do  any  thing  else  that  may  be  re- 
quired of  him  by  the  chief  Surgeon  or  Executive  Com_ 
mittee.  For  example,  he  shall  receive  and  forward 
all  letters  and  packages  directed  to  the  care  of  the 
Hospital  for  the  North  Carolina  Volunteers  in  Virgin- 
ia; and  he  shall  keep  a  full  and  accurate  list  of  all  the 
North  Carolina  Kegiments  and  Battalions  in  the  ser- 
vice, and  endeavor  to  keep  informed  of  their  position 
and  such  of  their  wants  as  can  be  relieved  from  this 
Hospital. 

He  shall  attend  to  all  letters  of  inquiry  relative  to 
patients  in  the  Hospital  and  the  North  Carolina  Vol- 
unteers generally,  as  far  as  he  can,  keeping  up  a  weekly 
correspondence  with  the  Surgeons  of  our  Regiments. 

It  shall  also  be  his  duty,  under  the  immediate  super- 
vision of  the  Surgeon  in  Chief,  to  draw  up  any  report 
and  furnish  any  information  that  may  be  required  by 
the  Secretary  of  "War,  the  Surgeon  General  of  the  Con. 
federate  States,  or  the  Executive  Committee. 


STEWARD. 

The  Steward  shall  have  charge  of  the  Commissariat 
of  the  Hospital  and  attend  to  the  marketing;  take 
charge  of  all  Hospital  stores,  furniture  of  every  de- 
scription, supplies  for  the  sick,  and  superintend  the 
domestic  affairs  of  the  Hospital  generally.  He  shall 
keep  a  roster  ot  nurses,  cooks,  and  attendants,  and  re- 
turns for  rations,  according  to  the  number  in  the  Hos- 
pital ;  receive  and  distribute  rations,  and  submit  his 
book  to  the  chief  Surgeon,  monthly  for  examination, 
or  oftener  if  required.  He  will  issue  stores  to  cooks 
and  nurses,  and  enter  the  amount  in  his  book.  He 
will  be  responsible  for  furniture,  bedding,  cooking 
utensils,  and  for  keeping  the  store  room  neat  and  clean. 
In  the  discharge  of  these  duties  he  will  derive  assis- 
tance from  the  matrons  and  ward  master. 

He  shall  also  act  as  Treasurer  of  the  Hospital,  giving 
bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  this 
office. 

MATRONS. 

The  Matrons  will  assist  the  Steward  in  the  general 
domestic  management  of  the  Hospital,  especially  in 
looking  after  the  washing  and  cooking  and  nice  con- 
dition of  the  wards,  and  in  seeing  that  the  female 
nurses  do  their  duty. 


This  BOOK  may  be  kept  out  TWO  WEEKS 
ONLY,  and  is  subject  to  a  fine  of  FIVE 
CENTS  a  day  thereafter.  It  was  taken  out  on 
the  day  indicated  below: 


